Cornell University Cornell University Library Guides - HIST 4000/4001 History Honors (Fall 2009)

How to find articles

The Steps

Find a database by browsing the list here or under Databases' subjects

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Search the database for articles

How to locate an article

Not all articles are available full text!

If an article isn't available full text through a database...

Use Get it! Cornell to jump into the Library Catalog to search for the journal by title (not the article title)

Once you locate the journal in the Library Catalog (online or print), then determine if we have the volume/year you need

If you cannot locate the article, ask a Librarian!

If there is no Get it! Cornell link/button, take the title of the journal NOT the title of the article, into the Library Catalog to find the physical location and/or full text availability of the volume you need.

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Essentials

America History and Life

Articles, books, dissertations on United States and Canadian history from pre-history to the 21st century.
Historical Abstracts

Articles, books, dissertations on the history of the world since 1450.
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive

Excludes 3-5 years most recent articles. ALL JSTOR journals included in America History and Life/Historical Abstracts.
Project Muse

Companion to JSTOR with 3-5 most recent years.
Proquest Dissertations and Theses

North American. 1861 to the present. Many full text online. Others available through ILL.
EBSCO Academic Search Premier

Multidisciplinary and multi-genre--scholarly journals, scholarly journals, magazines, reports, newspapers. Lots of full text.